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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
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For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
And out of old bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.